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Accomplished sitarist of the Vilayatkhani Gharana, Dr Madhu Nanduri's passion for the sitar is unflinching despite a successful career in Information T...
Accomplished sitarist of the Vilayatkhani Gharana, Dr Madhu Nanduri's passion for the sitar is unflinching despite a successful career in Information Technology. The US-based Telugu musician's performances and lec-dems and his album 'Raga Time' standA testimony to the rigorous training under none other than Ustad Vilayat Khan in New Jersey A A A A He didn't want us to call him Guru or Ustad. He wanted us to call him 'Abba' and he was like aA father to all his students
Jaywant Naidu Son of a doctor is a doctor, goes the popular belief. Well, this son of an illustrious journalist has not chosen to become one himself, yet he has inherited his father's musical affiliation. Nanduri Partha Sarathi, in addition to being a writer and connoisseur of music is also the first Guru and guide to Madhu, who was initiated into learning Sitar at a young age of nine. After having learnt from S Shankar Rao and Pandit K Atmaram of Hyderabad; armed with a Bachelor's Degree both in music and Mechanical Engineering, Madhu Nanduri crossed the seven seas to study further in the US. A chance meeting with Ustad Vilayat Khan, led his father to enquire if the great Guru would oblige to teach his son who incidentally stays close to where the Ustad resides in the US. The Guru did agree to meet Madhu, but only conceded after hearing him play. "I had grown up with Ustadji music. For as long as I can remember I had been listening to his sitar" � Madhu Nanduri shares some unforgettable memories of the legendary Guru Ustad Vilayat Khan. His seven years of tutelage under him in the true Guru Sishya Parampara has been instrumental in making him a sitar virtuso, he says.
Can you share the memories of your first meeting with Ustad Vilayat Khan? My father met Ustad Vilayat Khan in Hyderabad in January 1997 requested him to meet me. I drove down to his place in New Jersey and was quite tensed. He asked me to play whatever I knew. I offered to play Raga Yaman, his landmark composition that I have been practicing since childhood. I was playing his entire 'Gat's' and 'Taan's' back to him. He was impressed, but obviously wanted to hear more. He said, "You have everything needed to become a good musician; it is just the organisation that you need to learn from me." The organisation and design of music, we take a lifetime to master. Ustadji would train us in a true Guru Sishya parampara. He would give one on one lesson on every aspect of his music. I have trained under him for over seven years until his death.
How was your interest in 'sitar' kindled? At the age of eight years, my father,a sitar player himself, started teaching me to play sitar. At the age of ten, I was placed under S.Shankar Rao for about seven years and started giving concerts from the age of 11. I have grown with sitar music around me. How easy was it to learn from Ustad Vilayat Khan?
Ustad Vilayat Khan was very strict. He would not go forward teaching the next lesson unless the students mastered the previous lesson. His style of music is very difficult to learn. And each time when you felt like you crossed a mountain, the next one would loom ahead. He never took group classes and would teach according to the level and understanding of the student. He didn't want us to call him Guru or Ustad. He wanted us to call him 'Abba' and he was like a father to all his students. He was never insulting or harsh and in order to build a rapport, he would visit our houses, have lunch and relax in our bedroom and try and understand us.
What is difficult about the style of Ustad Vilayat Khan Gharana? It is the Gayaki style of playing. It tries to, as closely as possible, imitate the voice on the sitar; the Bolkari of the Sitarkhani style. The intricacies of the left and right hand on the sitar are very complex and move like a machine. Everything is perfect and there are no unnecessary strokes. Ustadji's is a treble guitar. The base string is replaced with an extra steel string, which is tuned to the predominant swara of a rag, thereby amplifying the character of the rag.
What has been your style of playing sitar? I cannot escape the style of Ustad Vilayat Khan. Except for the tonality and a few subtle changes, his style and melody are what I follow. Infact after the death of Ustadji, I really wanted to do something. I left my job for three years to work on my music. This is the time I recorded my album, 'Raga Time'. Though Ustadji's style is visible, one can also see the evolvement of my own style. For the last three years, I can see some extension on my current knowledge and I am moving towards an individual style, which is vital for every musician.
What is 'Raga Time about? It is based on the concept of Ten Thaat's of Hindustani music and the eight Prahaars (the time zones into which a day is divided). Playing music as per the mood of the day has been there in every music, but it is Hindustani music that has retained the concept. How do you feel performing in India and abroad? Is there any major difference?
I hardly find any difference in the audience worldover. I do not play for the audience. I primarily play for myself and would like the audience to join in my journey. Depending on the type of audience I may structure my rendition as per the audience in front of me and the duration of the program. The aspect of alaap, madhyalaya or drut laya compositions may vary in each concert.
Do you teach sitar? I have not started teaching yet. It's a two way commitment and it has to be under the Guru Shishya parampara for me. I believe that one needs to spend quality time with students and not just mass produce students. For now I am working on my next album. What is the change you would like to see in the Indian music education? In the US, even the kindergarten kids are introduced to basic instruments and music and with this exposure they choose what they want to do when they grow up. Music is not just for music's sake. It helps one excel in any other field and career. It works as therapy and to de-stress after a daylong work. Unfortunately despite having the largest number of music colleges in India, classical music is an ignored aspect in Andhra Pradesh. I think it has to be introduced at a very early age as a part of school curriculum.


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What Facebook's Metaverse Means for Crypto
By Nicholas Rossolillo – Nov 16, 2021 at 8:23AM
Facebook recently rebranded to Meta Platforms to signal its new focus on building the metaverse.
Meta Platforms also has cryptocurrency projects underway, like Diem and the recently launched Novi wallet pilot program.
The metaverse (or metaverses) could increase the need for digital native currencies like cryptos.
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The company formerly known as Facebook is making a dual foray into the metaverse and crypto.
The idea of the metaverse has been building momentum for years, but Facebook's decision to rebrand as Meta Platforms (META 1.30%) has catapulted the tech concept into mainstream consciousness. Seemingly every media outlet around is talking about the metaverse and how it could change our lives forever.
But the metaverse -- this idea of a digital world that embodies the internet itself, accessible via a virtual reality headset -- extends far beyond video games and shared experiences via the web. Meta Platforms also has cryptocurrency plans in the works, as further entrenchment of the digital world in everyday life will also rewrite the script on what it means to purchase and own something.
Facebook rebrands, just like it rebranded its crypto project
Facebook's name change to Meta Platforms is just the latest signal that the company has aspirations that go much further than operating a massive social media empire with billions of users. For a couple of years now, the company has been working on its own blockchain and cryptocurrency, first known as Libra but later renamed Diem after government regulator scrutiny. Diem remains in holdup as it has yet to receive clearance in the U.S. as a digital payments platform.
What does this have to do with Meta Platforms? Cryptocurrency and the metaverse are more correlated to each other than many realize. The term metaverse dates back to the 1992 sci-fi book Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. And as the internet has grown, a currency built for the exchange of digital assets was the original idea behind Bitcoin (BTC 0.42%). Bitcoin's rise has spawned thousands of other "altcoins" and blockchain networks, many of which try to solve various pain points in the digital economy.
Blockchain developers latched on to the idea of the metaverse early on. As daily use of digital tools and entertainment increases, so will ownership of digital assets over time.
But how do you guarantee the rights to a virtual item -- like a piece of art, work of music, or a video game item? Even more thought-provoking, how about digital versions of personal items such as clothes and accessories? That's where blockchain technology comes in.
An early use for NFTs based on a blockchain has been digital art, but it could become the very fabric of the metaverse itself that guarantees the virtual stuff you own in your digital-alt life isn't stolen.
This is all pretty radical thinking, but the idea was roughly approximated and visualized by Stephen Spielberg's movie adaptation of the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. And that's why Facebook's metaverse focus and Diem cryptocurrency are so important. Simultaneous with its construction of a shared virtual world where people can hang out, interact, and do business, the company is also building a financial framework from which users can purchase and store their digital items as well.
The metaverse could seal the deal for decentralized digital currency
To be sure, it's still early days for the metaverse and cryptocurrencies. In fact, on the Q3 2021 earnings call, newly christened Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said actual financial results won't be meaningful for the metaverse (and, likely for the related crypto project) until much later this decade.
But experimentation with this project is already underway. While Diem (and its bank partner Silvergate Capital (SI 9.96%)) waits in the wings, Meta Platforms recently launched a crypto wallet project called Novi (which, surprise, was also rebranded and formerly known as Calibra).
The digital wallet pilot program will use the stablecoin Paxos (PAX 0.79%) and partners with Coinbase Global (COIN 4.13%) to enable a small batch of users in the U.S. and Guatemala make peer-to-peer cross-border money transfers (known as remittances). The remittance industry handles hundreds of billions of dollars per year and is highly profitable, and Novi hopes to speed up the process of moving money between family members along with cost savings. For now, Novi will be free to use.
Basically, we are in the early experimentation phase for cryptos and the metaverse, Novi being just one such experimentation by the company formerly known as Facebook. But if Meta Platforms pulls off its aspirations, it could have one of the most robust computing platforms encompassing video games and apps, a payments and asset security system, and all the supporting infrastructure behind it by the end of the 2020s. A patchwork of other interoperable blockchains (like Ethereum), apps (like those built by the likes of Unity Software), and infrastructure (like semiconductors designed by NVIDIA) based on truly decentralized principles could be the main rivals to Meta Platforms.
In other words, Meta Platforms and its billions of monthly social media users all but seal the deal: digital currencies and assets are sticking around for good. Now begins the race to build the best metaverse with a supporting digital asset experience.
Randi Zuckerberg, a former director of market development and spokeswoman for Facebook and sister to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Nicholas Rossolillo owns shares of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Meta Platforms, Inc., Nvidia, and Unity Software Inc. His clients may own shares of the companies or cryptocurrencies mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Bitcoin, Ethereum, Meta Platforms, Inc., Nvidia, and Unity Software Inc. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Na olympijských hrách v Atlantě roku 1996 vybojoval stříbrnou medaili ve volném stylu, v muší váze (do 48 kilogramů). Ve finále prohrál s obhájcem zlata, Severokorejcem Kim Il-ongem 5:4 na body. Má též bronz z mistrovství světa v Atlantě z roku 1995 a tři medaile z mistrovství Evropy: zlato z Říma 1994, stříbro z Budapešti 1996 a bronz z Budapešti 2001, kde poprvé zabodoval v těžší váhové kategorii (do 54 kg).

V Arménii získal roku 1996 titul Zasloužilého mistra sportu.

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Climate change is one of the greatest threats ever to face humanity. With mounting storms, fires, floods and droughts and the annual disappointment of international negotiations, it's easy to despair about how bad the future climate will be. But exciting work is being done to find solutions. This is where the Prince of Wales's Earthshot Prize makes a difference.
Source: www.earthshotprize.org
The prize celebrates and supports solutions to save the planet by giving each winner £1m ($1.2m) to develop their innovations. There are five categories, with three finalists and one ultimate winner in each.
I am a scientist who studies the systems that sustain life on our planet and I had the privilege of reviewing the nominations and fact-checking the scripts for the BBC broadcast of the awards. I'm confident each winner will aid the effort to preserve a habitable future.
Here are the winners of the Earthshot Prize in each of the categories.
Safe air: Mukuru clean stoves, Kenya
Charlot Magayi grew up in Mukuru, one of the biggest slums in Nairobi, Kenya. She was orphaned at the age of ten and became a mother at 16. She used a traditional stove fuelled by firewood to cook food for her family, a method that creates indoor air pollution and kills over two million people worldwide each year.
Her daughter suffered a severe burn from the stove when it fell on her when she was only two. Magayi vowed to develop a safer alternative. She went to college and invented a more stable and efficient stove that uses 60% less fuel and can run on smokeless fuel if available.
Mukuru clean stoves are made from locally sourced waste metal and can reduce toxic air pollution by up to 90%, while also reducing carbon emissions. The increased efficiency reduces the burden on women who must spend hours each day collecting firewood.
Adapting to climate change: the greenhouse in a box, India
When Sathya Raghu Mokkapati was just 17 years old, he saw a farmer in his village eating mud. When Mokkapati asked him why, he said: "I'm a farmer, my crops have failed. My stomach doesn't know that my pocket is empty."
Mokkapati teamed up with entrepreneur Kaushik Kappagantulu and the pair spent six months travelling India meeting hundreds of farmers who told the same story: it did not matter how hard they worked, unpredictable weather linked to climate change could wipe out their crops, reduce their income to zero and leave them to starve.
There are over 600 million farmers globally tending plots smaller than two hectares and, collectively, they grow nearly a third of the world's food. As part of an international team, Mokkapati and Kappagantulu created a greenhouse in a box that will help them weather a more turbulent climate.
This pop-up greenhouse protects crops from the elements during the worst weather and even provides irrigation. These portable and durable greenhouses could avert ruin for millions of farmers globally.
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A waste-free world: seaweed bioplastics, UK
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The world urgently needs an alternative to single-use plastic. In a student flat in London in 2012, Pierre Paslier and Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez resolved to develop one that was biodegradable. They found a solution in the ocean: seaweed.
Seaweed grows incredibly fast – for some species, over 30cm a day – and as it grows, it absorbs carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. Conventional plastics are made from fossil fuels, so replacing them with bioplastic made from seaweed will also help reduce climate change. Paslier and Garcia Gonzalez have already made edible liquid sachets and takeaway boxes.
Reviving the ocean: indigenous rangers, Australia
Indigenous people of Australia do not separate the land and sea, but instead, see them as one body – an insight that accurately captures how ecosystems are interconnected. The Queensland indigenous women's ranger network draws from more than 60,000 years of such traditional knowledge to conserve ecosystems and train others to do so too.
The rangers rescue and rehabilitate species on the Great Barrier Reef, such as sea turtles that are caught in fishing nets or have ingested plastic. They also protect and restore seagrass meadows. These underwater meadows, composed of plants that flower and are pollinated like many of those on land, can bury carbon in the seabed much faster than tropical rainforests.
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Fixing the climate: turning CO₂ into rock, Oman
Talal Hasan grew up in Oman with its pristine beaches, corals and desert. He was shocked to discover a dead zone about the size of Florida off the country's coast with little or no oxygen. As CO₂ emissions increase and the ocean warms, this lifeless zone is growing.
Hasan teamed up with Professor Juerg Matter of Southampton University to capture CO₂ from the atmosphere, dissolve it in water and inject it into rocks underground where it reacts with peridotite – a coarse rock found deep in Earth's mantle – to form a stable mineral. This permanently removes carbon from the atmosphere. Oman has one of the world's largest deposits of peridotite and the process is much safer and cheaper than traditional approaches to storing carbon, which include pumping it into disused oil wells.
All five deserved to win. While the Earthshot Prize supports the runners-up to develop their solutions, I feel there could be seed funding to make their ideas go even further.
Life is harsh and cruel for so many. Where I live in the UK, people are having to choose between heating their home or feeding their family. Elsewhere, war and unrest consume everyday life, and the logic of climate change tells us that while extreme weather had already made millions of people homeless and destitute, the future promises far worse. The Earthshot Prize reminds us all of the inventiveness of humans and our capacity to find solutions in even the darkest times.
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Small Taming
This hexagram means the force of the small—the power of the shadowy—that restrains, tames, impedes. A weak line in the fourth place, that of the minister, holds the five strong lines in check. In the Image it is the wind blowing across the sky. The wind restrains the clouds, the rising breath of the Creative, and makes them grow dense, but as yet is not strong enough to turn them to rain. The hexagram presents a configuration of circumstances in which a strong element is temporarily held in leash by a weak element. It is only through gentleness that this can have a successful outcome.
THE TAMING POWER OF THE SMALL
Has success.
Dense clouds, no rain from our western region.
This image refers to the state of affairs in China at the time when King Wên, who came originally from the west, was in the east at the court of the reigning tyrant Chou Hsin. The moment for action on a large scale had not yet arrived. King Wên could only keep the tyrant somewhat in check by friendly persuasion. Hence the image of many clouds, promising moisture and blessing to the land, although as yet no rain falls. The situation is not unfavorable; there is a prospect of ultimate success, but there are still obstacles in the way, and we can merely take preparatory measures. Only through the small means of friendly persuasion can we exert any influence. The time has not yet come for sweeping measures. However, we may be able, to a limited extent, to act as a restraining and subduing influence. To carry out our purpose we need firm determination within and gentleness and adaptability in external relations.
The wind drives across heaven:
The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE SMALL.
Thus the superior man
Refines the outward aspect of his nature.
The wind can indeed drive the clouds together in the sky; yet, being nothing but air, without solid body, it does not produce great or lasting effects. So also an individual, in times when he can produce no great effect in the outer world, can do nothing except refine the expression of his nature in small ways.
Return to the way.
How could there be blame in this?
Good fortune.
It lies in the nature of a strong man to press forward. In so doing he encounters obstructions. Therefore he returns to the way suited to his situation, where he is free to advance or to retreat. In the nature of things this will bring good fortune, for it is wise and reasonable not to try to obtain anything by force.
He allows himself to be drawn into returning.
One would like to press forward, but before going farther one sees from the example of others like oneself that this way is blocked. In such a case, if the effort to push forward is not in harmony with the time, a reasonable and resolute man will not expose himself to a personal rebuff, but will retreat with others of like mind. This brings good fortune, because he does not needlessly jeopardize himself.
Nine in the third place means:
The spokes burst out of the wagon wheels.
Man and wife roll their eyes.
Here an attempt is made to press forward forcibly, in the consciousness that the obstructing power is slight. But since, under the circumstances, power actually lies with the weak, this sudden offensive is doomed to failure. External conditions hinder the advance, just as loss of the wheel spokes stops the progress of a wagon. We do not yet heed this hint from fate, hence there are annoying arguments like those of a married couple. Naturally this is not a favorable state of things, for though the situation may enable the weaker side to hold its ground, the difficulties are too numerous to permit of a happy result. In consequence even the strong man cannot so use his power as to exert the right influence on those around him. He experiences a rebuff where he expected an easy victory, and he thus compromises his dignity.
Six in the fourth place means:
If you are sincere, blood vanishes and fear gives way.
No blame.
If one is in the difficult and responsible position of counselor to a powerful man, one should restrain him in such a way that right may prevail. Therein lies a danger so great that the threat of actual bloodshed may arise. Nonetheless, the power of disinterested truth is greater than all these obstacles. It carries such weight that the end is achieved, and all danger of bloodshed and all fear disappear.
If you are sincere and loyally attached,
You are rich in your neighbor.
Loyalty leads to firm ties because it means that each partner complements the other. In the weaker person loyalty consists in devotion, in the stronger it consists in trustworthiness. This relation of mutual reinforcement leads to a true wealth that is all the more apparent because it is not selfishly hoarded but is shared with friends. Pleasure shared is pleasure doubled.
The rain comes, there is rest.
This is due to the lasting effect of character.
Perseverance brings the woman into danger.
The moon is nearly full.
If the superior man persists,
Misfortune comes.
Success is at hand. The wind has driven up the rain. A fixed standpoint has been reach. This has come about through the cumulation of small effects produced by reverence for a superior character. But a success thus secured bit by bit calls for great caution. It would be a dangerous illusion for anyone to think he could presume upon it. The female principle, the weak element that has won the victory, should never persist in vaunting it—that would lead to danger. The dark power in the moon is strongest when the moon is almost full. When it is full and directly opposite the sun, its waning is inevitable. Under such circumstances one must be content with what has been achieved. To advance any further, before the appropriate time has come, would lead to misfortune.


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The various sectors linked to audiovisual production in the territory defined their security measures to begin filming content again in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Mexico; within the framework of the "new normal".
Same as in Europe and Asia, where filming of audiovisual projects has been gradually resumed, at this time in Latin American countries the various sectors linked to production are preparing their protocols in order to reactivate the sector in the "new normal".
Thus, at the level of TV channels, production houses and audiovisual-related associations and unions -as well as at the level of government and health authorities- health security protocols are defined in the framework of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this sense, Uruguay was the first country in Latin America to present a protocol to restart filming at both advertising, film and TV levels.
In addition, in Chile protocols are being analyzed jointly between the private sectors, unions and the Government. In the case of companies, protocols such as Secuoya Chile have already been activated.
"We have managed to get certain areas that can work from home, such as video editors. The rest of the workers keep working at the facilities," Marian Martín, director of Secuoya Chile, said to ttvnews.
"We had to put in place a rigorous protocol. We follow protocols that were already being implemented in Secuoya Spain, which made us anticipate some things and establish the models that had been recognized as very important in Spain," the executive said.
In the case of Movistar, who plans to restart the filming for its original fiction in Chile, Joana Lombardi, director of Fiction for Latin America, told ttvnews: "We are putting together the protocols and budgeting. We are seeing all the changes that we are going to have to make in order to film. There are many steps to take. All producers are at it. We are already analyzing several that have appeared in the US and Spain to see what is the best way to adapt."
Meanwhile in Argentina, both the Argentine Chamber of Independent Producers (Capit) and the Argentine Chamber of SME Producers (Capa) have already publicly presented their protocols.
"As soon as the pandemic happened and quarantine was declared in almost all the countries where we work, our attitude was very proactive. Immediately we began to develop our own work protocols and to propose them to the different unions and unions and government entities so that they approve us for eventually the day it is possible to return to work. Thus, we already have protocols in Argentina," Gabriel Brandy, director of Nippur Media and president of La Capa, told ttvnews.
"Also in Mexico the chamber [of Independent Producers of Audiovisual Media, Pima] is in negotiations with the Ministry of Health. In short, they are all similar. To see what is the best way to get back to work. We did not wait. We start the protocols. Governments give you a general framework that must then be adapted to each of the places," said Brandy.
In Mexico, Televisa Studios has developed a manual for this "new normal", where strict security measures are established for fiction recordings that will have a "green light" shortly.
The so-called "Operational Manual and Prevention and Health Measures" aims to "generate efficient and responsible logistics, with strict safety and health protocols, in order to minimize risks of contagion in recordings and installations."
In this sense, the manual includes guidelines «for all the phases and areas involved in a production», that is: «Preparation of Forums and Locations, Technical Area, Post Production, Direction, Talent, Props, Clothing, Makeup and Characterization, Extras , Catering, Transport, Security ».
Meanwhile, although as previously mentioned, TV channels in Latin American countries have had to implement security measures since the start of the pandemic, at the level of independent producers, protocols are being defined in countries such as Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil; where drafts are already circulating.
That is the case of FoxTelecolombia, for example, where, as ttvnews learned, there is already a security and hygiene protocol, but the approval of The Walt Disney Company Latin America still remains.
In Brazil, the sector's entities are preparing to present a protocol for the next few days.
For Simoni de Mendonça, president of the Union of the Audiovisual Industry of the State of São Paulo (SIAESP), the return needs to be "safe, viable and responsible, and having as its focus, the protection of professionals".
And in the US, the audiovisual production industry prepares its procedure manuals along with the competent authorities at the State level, as is the case of the Miami Association of Entertainment Producers.
"Little by little we have been returning. In Miami we have nine studios. We have an inspection protocol, we have masks, hygiene products, we take the temperature when we enter, we are maintaining a totally safe dynamic," said to ttvnews Lliam Hernández, President and CEO of Universal Cinergia.
The dubbing and subtitling company also has studios in Brazil.
«In Brazil, most of them are working remotely because in the facilities we cannot have anyone. There is a Union there and we have to follow the laws," added the executive.
Regarding the company's operations in Mexico, Hernández confirms that they are working with strict security rules. "We started on Monday [June 1] to work in Cuernavaca and in Mexico City we are working with a maximum of 10 people within the facilities," he concluded.
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After taking care of reservations and tickets, airport parking, and security what more is there to think about? If you are one of many who suffer from foot swelling when flying, that is a huge discomfort to consider. Swollen feet make flight unpleasant and painful. For those who continue to have swollen feet and ankles after landing, that can make a vacation or business trip uncomfortable as well.
What causes feet to swell when flying?
Low cabin pressure causes circulation to slow down and fluids to build up. Sitting in the same position for hours also reduces circulation. Dehydration is another factor. Dry air, lack of proper hydration and salty foods further contribute to this. Some of these causes are not things we have control of if we choose flying. The good news is there are preventative measures that can reduce swelling.
Movement is key to circulation. Make a point to stand up and stretch. Ideally, the human body should get up and move every twenty minutes to reduce aching muscles, joints, back pain and swelling. Getting up frequently might not be possible during takeoff, landing and turbulence, but for the rest of the trip, stand up and stretch for sixty seconds every twenty minutes. This will decrease aches in the rest of the body in addition to reducing swelling in the feet.
Loose, roomy clothes that aren't constricting are ideal for maximum circulation. This goes for shoes as well.
If there isn't a lot of leg room available, your legs are longer than average, or shorter than average, it is harder to keep those legs comfortable. It is tempting to cross your legs. But be aware, anything you do to constrict blood flow means that feet are more likely to swell.
Some airlines charge for beverages, while others don't offer fluids often enough during the flight to actually hydrate. With increased safety procedures, it is harder to bring water on board. For that reason, one needs to buy water after security or bring empty bottles to fill in the water fountain after security. Bring more than you think you need—and drink it!
Isotonic drinks, or sports drinks which refuel electrolytes and contain potassium, are also recommended. If you can find one in the airport that is ideal. If not, consider drinking one before or after a flight.
Airline snacks, whether pretzels or peanuts, as well as the meals on longer flights are filled with sodium. This causes the body to retain water. Avoid these if possible.
Bring snacks like fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grain carbohydrates that will help the body function and not retain water.
Coffee, tea and alcohol further dehydrate the body. If you need caffeine and caffeine pills are not an option, drink extra water to balance out the effects of diuretics like coffee.
Some people report success wearing compression stockings which have more support at the ankle than the knee. These are different than support stockings which have equal pressure.
Be aware that there are medications which are also diuretics. During normal circumstances these may not be a problem, but for those on a long flight, it may cause an increase in swelling. If you are on medications that you are concerned may increase symptoms or you know you take one that has a diuretic side effect, talk to you doctor about alternatives. For extreme circumstances, doctors may suggest a small dose of aspirin or a prescription medication.


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My spies at the New Haven courthouse spotted Rabbi Greer the Goat leaving court last week. I'm not sure if he was in court for his child rape case or the lead poisoning case. The rape case is in Part A criminal matters, at 235 Church Street, and the lead poisoning case is in the Housing Court criminal matters, 121 Elm Street. The Goat has been defending himself on two criminal fronts.
The Goat was parked in front of the new FBI building on the corner of Orange and Grove. There is no sign on the gigantic building with an armed guard station and electronic in ground barricades. The Feds don't want anyone to know that they own a building that takes up one square block in New Haven. Don't tell anyone I disclosed the location of this building, it could be a Federal crime. The Undertaker once told me that he noticed this new building when he was living in New Haven, before he got evicted by the Goat and had to move to Waterbury. The Undertaker walked around the building a few times trying to figure out who owned the building. He eventually went to the guard in the guard station and asked him. The guard would not tell the Undertaker that Uncle Sam owned the building. Top secret. The guard had a few questions for the bearded Undertaker donning a scull cap. The guard took his name and made a copy of his identification. The guard probably thought that the Undertaker was an Arab terrorist, Semites all look the same.
The Goat is still driving his old grey minivan. You can see tape holding up the front part of the Goat's quarter panel, and the lack of hub caps. The Goat is a miser when it comes to his vehicles but money is no object when it comes to paying high priced attorneys to defend him in his criminal cases. The Goat hired prominent Attorney Willie Dow to defend him in his child rape case. The Goat is also paying for young men to spend Shabbos at the compound every week. The Goat shells out $200 per bochur, per weekend. The Goat hires 10 guys a week, which comes out to $2,000.00 a week. Yet the Goat still owes rape victim Eli Mirlis $20 million. Mirlis has hired lawyers to attach the Goat's personal assets and foreclose against the Goat's school building. The Goat's non profit organizations were never sued, other than the school, so those rental properties cannot be repossessed by Mirlis.
I obtained a copy of the Goat's appearance bond in his criminal case. The amount of the bond is $100K. The Goat paid a bail bondsman $10K. The Goat signed his appearance bond on the date of July 26, 2017. If the Goat doesn't appear in court he will forfeit his $10K. The bondsman will have to chase the Goat to collect the other $90K.
The Goat's appearance bond does not have any special conditions of his release. In most rape cases the Judge will make the defendant agree to not contact the victim as a condition of his release. If the defendant contacts the victim his appearance bond will be revoked and the defendant will be sent to jail to await his trial date. The State should have required that the Goat not run a school for teenage boys while his criminal case was pending. For the last year Rabbi Notis has been running a yeshiva for teenage boys, a boarding school, out of the Goat's buildings, with the Goat having keys to all the dorm rooms. Notis left town a few months ago. The Goat is now having a hard time recruiting teenagers on his own. The Goat has had to make due with down and out guys in their late teens / early twenties.
The only condition on the Goat's appearance bond is the following: "Do not commit a federal, state or local crime." The Goat signed the appearance bond on 7/26/17. On the date of 12/26/17 the Goat was charged with a crime in his lead poisoning case by the Housing prosecutor. By committing a new State crime the Goat violated the conditions of his appearance bond. The Judge should revoke the Goat's bond and throw him in jail immediately.
When you are out on bond you are supposed to report to your probation officer whether you got in trouble with the law. The probation officer would report this information to the State's Attorney's Office. The State's Attorney could require that new conditions of release be imposed on the Goat. Or the State's Attorney could ask the Judge to lock up the Goat until his case is ready for trial. I would be curious to know whether the Goat reported his new crime to the Office of Probation.
You can read a copy of the Goat's appearance bond, that he violated, by clicking this LINK.
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and so today could not come quick enough for us.
Today starts the dreaded 54 hour Crucible.
that would cause Graduation Day to change.
Their pain is your pain.
Their anxiety is by default, yours.
"Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life."
there are these words that breathe peace through my frame.
because apparently my mind and my body are not in sync.


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Q: Gaussian Process Kernel Functions in CVXPY I'm interested in minimizing the trace of the covariance matrix associated with a Gaussian process in two dimensions. That is, I want to minimize tr(Σ) where Σ is given by:
Sigma

and K() is the kernel function with design points X and query points X*
As a minimum working example, I have tried the below implementation. This is clearly not DCP compliant and I have a strong feeling there is a better way to implement this such that it would be DCP compliant; however, I am somewhat of a novice to cvxpy and so would appreciate any suggestions.
import cvxpy as cp
import numpy as np
from itertools import product
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
from sklearn.gaussian_process import GaussianProcessRegressor
from sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels import RBF, ConstantKernel as C

def cp_kernel(X, Y):
    return cp.exp(cp.norm2(X-Y))

T = 10 # number of X's
u_max = 1

Xq = np.mgrid[0:1:0.1, 0:1:0.1].reshape(2,-1).T

x = cp.Variable((T,2))
u = cp.Variable((T,2))
nu = cp.Variable((T,1))

A = np.matrix('1 0; 0 1')
B = np.matrix('1 0; 0 1')

kernel = RBF()
KXqXq = kernel(Xq)

obj = cp.trace(KXqXq - cp.matrix_frac(cp.bmat([[cp_kernel(x[i], Xq[j]) for j in range(len(Xq))] for i in range(T)]), cp.bmat([[cp_kernel(x[i], x[j]) for j in range(T)] for i in range(T)]) + cp.diag(nu)))

cons = [0 <= x, x <= 1]
cons += [0 <= u, u <= u_max]
cons += [0 <= nu]
cons += [cp.sum(nu) == 1]
for t in range(T-1):
    cons += [x[t+1] == A @ x[t] + B @ u[t]]

cp.Problem(cp.Minimize(obj), cons).solve()

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First Thoughts: Fabian Nicieza and Deadpool
by Jennifer Kathleen • August 20, 2015 • 0 Comments
Earlier this week, comics writer Fabian Nicieza tweeted some bullshit. If you don't know, Fabian Nicieza is one of the original creators of Deadpool, along with artist Rob Liefeld. Now, Deadpool is a big deal in the Marvel fandom – a lot of fans love him, and with the Ryan Reynolds Deadpool movie looming ever nearer, there's been a lot of additional buzz around the character. So when Nicieza started tweeting some very controversial things about Deadpool, naturally, there was some uproar (that, admittedly, I mostly only saw on twitter).
I'll admit, the only actual Deadpool comics that I've read are from Brian Posehn's run on the series; I haven't actually read Fabian Nicieza's work. Maybe the character has been portrayed completely differently by the two writers. But here's what's going to be important here: the generally accepted portrayal of him by the fanbase. There's plenty of people who look at Deadpool and see, on the surface, a zany silly man who does funny things and makes inappropriate jokes and hits on Spider-man and breaks the fourth wall. But it's deeply important to a decent chunk of the fans that Deadpool is 1) mentally ill, and 2) pansexual. And this isn't some corner of the fandom headcanoning DP as those things – it's (as far as I've seen) the generally accepted idea of the character.
Why is this so important, you may ask? Well, it all comes back down to representation, as it often does. In the world of superhero books, there's an increasing, but still very small, number of non-straight heroes. The fact that Deadpool is one of them is important. He's a well-known figure, he is loved by the fans, and making him pansexual means a great deal to a lot of people. There's also alarmingly few mentally ill heroes (or at least, heroes whose mental illness is not cured through the power of love or some bullshit). Deadpool's origin is varied from writer to writer, but he is always in some way mentally ill, and guess what? Still a hero. The idea is that his accelerated healing factor also makes his neurons fire unpredictably (I instinctively feel that this phrase means nothing, but superhero science doesn't have to be real), which causes psychosis and memory problems and a slew of other issues.
The combination of mental illness and pansexuality only becomes problematic when it's filtered through the lens that Nicieza applied in his tweets. It's perfectly fine for a character to be both mentally ill and non-straight, because hey – did you know that mentally ill, non-straight people exist? They do! But Nicieza insists that any changes in Deadpool's sexuality are not because he's pansexual, no. It's because of those unpredictable neurons. In other words, he's not straight because he's mentally ill. And that's where things get deeply problematic. This idea invalidates both queerness (basically relating it to a mental illness itself, which is such an archaic view I'm surprised to hear anyone spouting it in 2015 except a total fundamentalist), and mental illness (saying that it changes unrelated core aspects of your identity, which I would argue isn't true – depression didn't make me straight, anxiety didn't make my friend gay, so I doubt that psychosis made Deadpool pansexual).
So that's all a lot of problematic garbage, and I don't think it'll surprise anyone who knows me that I'm not into it. But to me, the most interesting thing about watching this unfold was not the grossness that Nicieza kept pushing, but the fact that he felt entitled to do so at all. I've talked time and time again about the death of the author – the idea that the author's intent does not have any bearing on a reader's interpretation, and that the former is not by any means more "correct" than the latter. Most authors I've seen seem to have come to terms with this. When you publish a piece of fiction, there are always going to be people who interpret it differently than you. Nicieza does not seem to accept this at all, insisting that Deadpool cannot possibly be pansexual because he did not write him as such.
This would be annoying and egregious in most formats, say if he'd written Deadpool novels, or Deadpool movies. But no, he wrote comic books. And several authors have written Deadpool comics since him, who all bring their own interpretations to the character. It's often said that one of the best things about being a comics fan is that you can pick and choose the creators you like, and choose to ignore the "canon" that came before or after. After all, Marvel itself is very good at ignoring its own continuity, because that's the nature of the medium now. Why should the fans do any different? The other hilarious element to me, is that Nicieza hasn't written a Deadpool book since 2008 and he was only the primary Deadpool writer in the 90s. Sure, he helped create the character, but it was other writers who defined him a lot more in the public eye. 2008 was only seven years ago, but seven years is a long time in comics. Marvel has gone through like, two entire reboots in that time alone ("Marvel Now!" in 2012, "All-New Marvel Now!" in 2013, and technically, "All-New All-Different Marvel" which is relaunching everything after Secret Wars this year). There's almost no reason to believe that the Deadpool Nicieza created in 1991 is the same Deadpool as is being written today.
At any rate, I think it was fairly stupid of Nicieza to think he can control the public perception of "his" character (fun fact: this is work-for-hire, not creator-owned, and he has no ownership over Deadpool whatsoever), and I think it was even stupider to try to do so in a way that angered and upset so many fans. I don't know when some of these comics creators are going to learn that it's better to move with the tide of progress than against it. More and more comics fans are not only younger and female, but more of them are queer or mentally ill themselves. And yes, these demographics are more likely to be progressive than the old guard of straight white men. Rather than fighting that, don't you think you'd want to like… embrace it, and try to earn their money? My mentally ill girl dollars taste just as sweet to Marvel as dudebro money does. Since Nicieza works for DC now, and they've been trying to project a more progressive image, maybe he'll soon see the error of his ways.
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- H1 revenues of EUR 466 million with EBITDA of EUR 13 million
- Sustainable OPEX savings of 5% year-over-year
- 26% growth in onshore order intake
- Second phase of transformation exercise underway
Hamburg: Senvion announced its results for the first six months of 2018 today. Revenues of EUR 466 million for the first half of 2018 were mainly driven by the low installation activity in H1 due to the back-end loaded installation schedule. Consequently, adjusted EBITDA was reported at EUR 13 million at a margin of 2.9%. Working capital slightly improved to 2.6%. After the successful execution of the operational excellence program 'Move Forward' in 2017, Senvion has now initiated the second phase of the program. The company has already made a promising start by further reducing operating costs by 5% in the first half 2018.
Senvion continues to report a solid onshore order intake growth of 26% in the first half of 2018, aggregating to EUR 797 million. New markets continue to be key drivers with the 432 MW order intake in India, 226 MW in Australia and 97 MW in Argentina. The total order book also improved and stands at EUR 5.4 billion. Thereof, Senvion's onshore firm order book has grown 32% year-over-year to EUR 2.1 billion. Senvion also reports a healthy growth in its service order book, which now stands at EUR 2.7 billion. The service business continues to be the backbone of the business providing growth of 8% year-over-year and a renewal rate of more than 75%.
Looking ahead, Senvion is confident of achieving its guidance on the basis of 100% order coverage at the lower end of its revenue guidance of EUR 1.8-1.9 billion. Driven by heavy installation and inventory conversions, the company also expects to generate positive free cash flow in the second half of the year.
Manav Sharma, acting CEO and CFO of Senvion says: "Annual demand for wind turbines could double within a decade. However, in the short-term, the industry needs to adapt to the new pricing levels. We believe our advantage is the ability to quickly adapt to the changing market realities. We have been highly successful in new markets, helping us build visibility of 20-40% growth in revenues by 2019. We now focus on further measures for intensive product cost outs, supply chain and footprint transformation as well as product roll outs to build a solid basis for profitable future growth. We see the significant increase of orders in markets that we defined last year to be Senvion's key regions as further confirmation of our general transformation strategy."
Senvion has upgraded its current 3.XM platform with the 4.2M140 and 4.2M148 which perfectly fit mid to low wind conditions and deliver best in class levelized cost of electricity. The prototype installation is expected in 2018 and Senvion expects to further strengthen the order book by launching several products in the 2MW and 4MW segment in the next six to nine months.
David Hardy, Executive Director and Chief Sales Officer at Senvion, says: "At Senvion, despite challenging market conditions, we have made significant strides in building our market presence in key new markets as demonstrated by our continued growth in order intake in India, Chile, Argentina, Spain and Australia. We are proud, that we are able to show a strong order pipeline with already firm orders of EUR 1.3 billion for 2019 and further contracts to be finalized in the next few quarters. This is a great confirmation from our global clients of the quality of the Senvion global sales and execution teams around the world."
Senvion can also report progress on the material cost out measures and confirms EBITDA growth for 2019 based on the opportunities Senvion can seize from scale in sourcing and Best Cost Country sourcing. The advancements in supply chain transformation and cost outs in the next few months are key to the 2019 margin improvement.
Senvion's H1 2018 report is available online and further details can be found in the earnings presentation. Furthermore the reports are available on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.boerse.lu) as officially appointed mechanism for the central storage of regulated information.
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Paul Schmidt (1934-1999), translator, poet, actor, librettist, playwright, and essayist, was born in Brooklyn, the oldest of seven children. He received a degree from Colgate University in Russian studies in 1955 and, after a year of graduate work at Harvard, he moved to Paris, where he studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon of the Comédie Française. Drafted in 1958, he served in the US Army Intelligence and on his release resumed his Russian studies; his doctoral thesis on "the stylized theater of V.E. Mejerxol'd" was published as Meyerhold at Work. For eleven years, Schmidt was a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Texas at Austin, where he won the Bromberg Award for Teaching Excellence. His Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works was published in 1975, and translations of Russian poets, notably Marina Tsvetaeva, followed. A commission from the Dia Foundation supported his translations of Velimir Khlebnikov (four volumes published between 1985 and 1997), allowing him to leave academia and move to New York City. Working with the Yale Repertory Theatre, the American Repertory Theatre, the Guthrie, and other companies, he translated Euripides, Chekhov, Brecht, Genet, Gogol, Marivaux, and Mayakovsky, and wrote three plays of his own, winning the Helen Hayes and Kesselring awards for best play for Black Sea Follies. Providing text and often performing, he collaborated with the Wooster Group and with the avant-garde directors Robert Wilson, JoAnne Akalaitis, David Schweitzer, and Peter Sellars. He also acted in film and television, and in the 1970s devised "The Lost Art of Melodeclamation," a program of nineteenth-century works for voice and orchestra, which he toured and performed with the pianist Yvar Mikhashoff, who transposed the works for keyboard. The Plays of Anton Chekhov, Schmidt's translation of twelve of Chekhov's plays, was published in 1997. From 1993 until the end of his life, he taught translation and dramaturgy at the Yale School of Drama.


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Loyola (MD) hosts Army after Rucker's 21-point outing
Army Black Knights (8-7, 2-0 Patriot) at Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (5-10, 0-2 Patriot) Baltimore; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE:…
Army Black Knights (8-7, 2-0 Patriot) at Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (5-10, 0-2 Patriot)
Baltimore; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Army plays the Loyola (MD) Greyhounds after Jalen Rucker scored 21 points in Army's 82-65 victory against the Lafayette Leopards.
The Greyhounds have gone 3-3 at home. Loyola (MD) is ninth in the Patriot scoring 66.1 points while shooting 44.4% from the field.
The Black Knights are 2-0 against Patriot opponents. Army is eighth in the Patriot giving up 71.8 points while holding opponents to 43.1% shooting.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jaylin Andrews is averaging 11.3 points and 1.6 steals for the Greyhounds. Kenny Jones is averaging 10.8 points over the last 10 games for Loyola (MD).
Rucker is shooting 41.5% and averaging 14.4 points for the Black Knights. Coleton Benson is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Army.
LAST 10 GAMES: Greyhounds: 3-7, averaging 66.3 points, 27.6 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 7.3 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.8 points per game.
Black Knights: 6-4, averaging 71.7 points, 34.5 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 4.3 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.0 points.
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"World's smallest computer" is a contentious title, not just because scientists are racing to shrink devices, but because the very definition of a computer could be up for debate. The latest claim to the title is a tiny device that communicates through light and makes a grain of rice look gigantic.
In what they're calling the first evidence of a DNA-based exploit of a computer system, a team of scientists have successfully shown that a computer can be hacked through malicious code incorporated into synthetic DNA.
As Tuesday's ransomware attack continues to spread, several security analysts are saying that this virus may not be ransomware after all, but is actually a cyberattack in disguise.
A new ransomware outbreak is causing mayhem around the world, compromising banks, airports, energy suppliers, and even shutting down automated radiation sensors at Chernobyl. Initial reports claim this new virus is more sophisticated and potentially harder to stop that the recent WannaCry virus.
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Dr. Dolittle 2, The Princess Diaries (2001), A Walk to Remember, All I Want (2002), How to Deal (2003), Chasing Liberty, Saved! (2004), Racing Stripes, Romance & Cigarettes (2005), American Dreamz, Brother Bear 2 (2006), Because I Said So, License to Wed, Dedication, Southland Tales (2007), Swinging with the Finkels (2009), Tangled (2010), Love, Wedding, Marriage (2011), Tangled Ever After, Hotel Noir (2012), Christmas in Conway (2013).
2GE + HER: The Series, All That (2Mandy Moore), Clone High, Punk'd (2003), Criss Angel Mindfreak, Entourage (2005), Scrubs, The Simpsons (2006), How I Met Your Mother (2007), Grey's Anatomy (2010), Tron: Uprising (2012-2013), Winx Club (2012), The Advocates, High School USA! (2013), Sofia the First, Sheriff Callie's Wild West (2014), Red Band Society (2014-2015), Tangled (2017).


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Essay on Government
Judicial Reform Essay Example
Topic: Government, Law, Politics, Elections, Crime, Criminal Justice, Judge, Supreme Court
Alvarez (2012, p. 1) article provides an argument on remaking of the Florida Supreme Court. Republicans are the ones who have campaigned for the removal of the three state Supreme Court justices by voters (Alvarez, 2012, p. 1). This move is aimed at ensuring that the Legislature has more power than the Supreme Court in terms of judicial rules and appointment procedures. This issue of remaking of Florida's Supreme Court is regarded as a politically divisive matter, which Florida is experiencing currently. "President Obama's health care law" (Alvarez, 2012, p. 1), was the foundation of political divisions in 2010, in Florida. The ruling of Florida Supreme Court in 2010 granted Floridians a right to refuse to purchase mandatory health insurance. The ballot summary was argued to have "misleading and ambiguous language" (Alvarez, 2012, p. 2) according to justices, and the Legislature was tasked with a role of fixing the situation. Nevertheless, the situation is back in ballot irrespective of fixation by the lawmakers.
"..this is a full-frontal attack — that had been in the weeds before — on a fair and impartial judicial system, which is the cornerstone and bedrock of our democracy." (Alvarez, 2012, p. 2). This is a claim, which was made by one of the judges - Justice R. Fred Lewis - aimed at in the campaign for remaking of Florida Supreme Court. The other judges are Barbara J. Pariente and Peggy A. Quince. It is a common routine to have the Florida Supreme Court justices present, every six years, on the ballot as a means of merit retention system (Alvarez, 2012, p. 3). Floridians vote on basis of no or yes on whether there is a need of having the justices on bench. This process of appellation, retaining, and selection of judges based on competency rather than politics was instituted in 1970s. The process has been enjoying free politics until 2010 when the running of the process had significant changes.
Campaigns are now being conducted on the process of justices. Decisions on justice's removal are based on incompetence or misconduct instead of disagreements based on some decisions. In their view, democrats believe that this campaign is aimed at providing powers to Gov. Rick Scott, who is a republican, to appoint the needed three new justices. The Legislature of Florida also needs to have more control of judiciary. The three justices are engaged in an interview where they present varying views on judiciary. However, the Legislature is obtaining more support from police and fire unions while influencing the Judiciary.
This article is a clear illustration of the functionality of the various organs of the government. The article indicates that government organs may be in a conflict as it is indicated in Judiciary and Legislature system of Florida where the Legislature organ wants to have more control and power over the Judiciary system. In any government, the Judiciary has the role of making and implementing laws, but the Legislature has an equal vote in the law process. This article provides a clear example of how two government organs in conflict may result into confusion of public on what needs to be done.
The topics in the text book have indicated how politics play a significant role in influencing the functionality of government organs, as well as the implementation of laws and rules. This is what the article has evidenced by highlighting the influence of politics in Florida's Judiciary system. This is in terms of campaigning for the change of the Florida Supreme Court. As it happens in the political field, stakeholders have different perceptions, opinions, and views concerning a matter regarding the welfare of a nation. The article has indicated this by showing the differences between the perception of democrats and republicans on Florida Judiciary system.
Alvarez, L. (October 2, 2012). G.O.P Aims to Remake Florida Supreme Court. Retrieved
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Support in your area
Daffodil Centre St. James's Hospital
Our Daffodil Centre in St. James's Hospital provides cancer information, support and advice, drop-in at any time during opening hours – you don't need an appointment or a referral.
The Daffodil Centre is a supportive cancer information service provided by the Irish Cancer Society in St. James's Hospital.
The centre is staffed by trained Cancer Nurses and volunteers who provide free practical information about all types of cancer and support to anyone affected by or concerned about cancer.
The centre is open to the public and if you have a question or concern about cancer you are welcome to call in at any time during opening hours. An appointment or referral is not necessary. Everyone is welcome – patients, their relatives and anyone with worries about cancer. We can also help if you want to learn about how to reduce the risks of developing cancer. The Cancer Nurse will take the time to listen to you and provide you with information, advice and support that is tailored for you. All Daffodil Centre conversations are held in confidence.
If you are a healthcare professional, we can advise you about the information and support that is available to you and your patients or clients.
If you are unable to visit the centre the Cancer Nurses will accept phone calls and e-mails.
Alternatively you may speak with a Cancer Nurse by phone on our Support Line at 1800 200 700.
Drop in and visit us
Your Cancer Nurse in this centre is Linda Wilson.
Patient Programmes
In addition to cancer information and support provision the following patient programme is also available.
Chemotherapy Education Programme - Understanding Chemotherapy
A recognised and established education programme provided by Cancer Nurses for patients and families about to start chemotherapy. The session focuses on providing the right tools and knowledge to cope with chemotherapy and its side effects. The Cancer Nurse from the Daffodil Centre facilitates the group education session which includes short oral presentations and practical demonstrations and an easy to understand information pack is provided for attendees.
Dublin Bus:
13 Harristown to Grange Castle
40 Finglas Village to Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
68 Burgh Quay to Newcastle / Greenogue Business Park
123 Walkinstown (Kilnamanagh Rd.) To Marino
Please check www.dublinbus.ie for the most current bus timetables.
The Red Line between Tallaght and the Point Village via Connolly and Heuston Stations stops inside the hospital, stop "St. James".
Please check www.luas.ie for more information and current timetables.
The hospital has a number of free phone taxi courtesy phones in the main concourse, discharge lounge area and Emergency Department.
St James's Hospital has a traffic management strategy to reduce the volumes of through traffic to the site for Safety and Security reasons. This has resulted in Restricted Access Via the Rialto Gate, i.e. access only for Staff with Valid Permits, Emergency Vehicles and Dublin Bus. James's Street Entrance to the Hospital will now be the main public access point going forward.
There are a limited number of parking spaces available at the hospital and visitors are encouraged to use public transport where possible.
There is an underground public car park for patients and visitors with 367 spaces. It is located off Junction 2. There is direct access to the main hospital Concourse and Reception via the lift or stairs. Limited additional surface parking is also available, located at Junction 2.
There is a charge for the use of these facilities. Please see www.stjames.ie for more details.
Centre Type
Daffodil Centre
The Daffodil Centre is located in the main hospital building. Enter the hospital via the St James's Street entrance, proceed to Junction 2, turn left and enter the main hospital building. Continue straight through the concourse and take the last left towards yellow Route 3. Take the next left to Private 1. The Daffodil Centre is located beside Private 1.
The opening hours are 8am to 4pm Monday to Thursday.
Centre Address
Daffodil Centre, St James's Hospital, James's St, Dublin 8.
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Europeans Talk the Talk, but Do They Walk the Walk on Data Protection?
Jennifer Baker· July 2, 2020
It is an accepted truth that Europeans care more about their privacy than most. We take it for granted that because the European Union has created the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – an admittedly world-leading piece of privacy legislation – that citizens in the EU must care more about their data protection rights.
The European agency for Fundamental Rights, FRA, recently carried out a survey to investigate if this assumption is true and to assess how much the average citizen really knows about the GDPR.
The first question got straight to the heart of matters: "Which of the following types of personal information would you be willing to provide to use a service offered by a (1) private company or (2) public administration?"
The multiple options included: home address, citizenship, date of birth, sexual orientation, religion or belief, political views, fingerprint scan, facial image and none of the above.
More than one in five respondents (23 %) do not want to share any of this information with public administrations and in particular their political views – only 7% would be happy to share that data.
But a far greater number – 41% – do not want to share any personal data with private companies. Only about one in 20 is willing to share their facial images (6 %), political views (5 %) or fingerprint scan (4 %) with corporations. With fingerprint scans and facial recognition being touted as the must-have feature on all smartphones, it is possible that there is a mismatch between what companies develop and what people say they want. Of course, what people say in surveys and what they do in practice are often very different things.
The FRA report notes that the percentage of people willing to share different types of personal data merely "indicates how comfortable people generally are when sharing their data. Even though some people are not willing to share some of their personal data, they might still do so for various reasons."
Germany, Poland and Romania appeared to be the most protective of their data, while the biggest difference between public administration and privacy company trust was in Cyprus – 65% would share their personal data with public bodies, but only 3% with companies!
The FRA survey drew on responses from 35,000 people across all EU Member States, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom. The survey ran from January to October 2019.
In terms of online activity, most people who use the internet are concerned that criminals or fraudsters might access the personal information they share on the internet without their knowledge (55%). Only 30% are either not strongly concerned or not concerned at all.
The behavioural advertising business model was also a marginally greater concern than foreign governments – 31% and 30% respectively said they were worried. Fewer people were anxious about their own country's intelligence services (26 %), law enforcement agencies (17 %) or employers (17 %) using their data.
The next section concerned smartphone use where a gender gap in privacy knowledge became apparent: 21% of men do not know how to check privacy settings, compared to 27% of women. But, 23% of women do not know how to turn off location settings, compared to 16% of men. In general people knew three times more about the privacy settings on their own devices (72% ) than on third party apps (24%).
A third of respondents admitted to never reading the terms and conditions when using online services compared with 22% who always read them. Given that, according to a study by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) in 2016, "the average consumer could easily find themselves having to read more than 250,000 words of app terms and conditions," one can hardly blame them.
The NCC has downloaded the terms of service and privacy policies for apps that you would find on an "average" mobile. "Together they exceed the New Testament in length – and would take more than 24 hours to read out loud. For most people this is an impossible task, and consumers are effectively giving mobile apps free rein to do almost whatever they want," explained the organisation.
A relatively impressive 69% of those surveyed know about the GDPR. A similar number know their national data protection supervisory authority (71%). But only around half are familiar with some of the details – for example that they have the right to access their personal data held by companies. The highest awareness of the GDPR is in Poland where 95% of people have heard of it. Meanwhile in Czechia most respondents are aware of their national Data Protection Authority (90%). In Belgium, few people have heard about their DPA (44%) and even fewer in the United Kingdom (35%).
41% of Europeans do not want to share any #personaldata with private companies when using their services. #privacy #respectdataClick to Tweet
All in all the survey reveals what you might expect to find. Europeans are definitely data protection-aware, but not to the degree often hyped in some circles. That people act in ways they are not comfortable with is likewise no great surprise, but is something companies should bear in mind when dealing with users in the EU, particularly as the trust in companies falls far short of that in public bodies.
Data ProtectionEurope
Jennifer Baker
EU Policy Correspondent at CPO Magazine
Jennifer Baker has been a journalist for almost 20 years, the last 8+ focussing on EU tech policy. She is a campaigning reporter on digital civil liberties, in particular the right to privacy and online freedom of expression. A recognised expert on data protection, she has spoken at the Global Privacy Summit, given evidence to European Parliament groups and last year was named by Onalytica as one of the world's top 100 influencers on data protection.
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The Practice SAT (PSAT) will be offered on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. This is the primary test date set by College Board for the nation.
The test is offered to freshman, sophomores and juniors. We highly recommend that juniors take the PSAT/NMSQT. Junior year is the only opportunity students have to qualify for the Nationl Merit Scholarship, based on there PSAT/NMSQT scores.
There is a limited number of tests available and registration is first come/first serve basis. When available students can go to the webstore and pay for the exam online. Students will take the test in the morning of Wednesday, October 10, 2018 and continue with their school day when the exam ends.
It can get cool in the gym and theater, so make sure to dress in layers.
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The only answer that makes sense when it comes to relevance regarding religions and time periods is Christ, and the chances are slim that men could have invented it. Chronicling the battle against a host of life obstacles from bad grammar, drugs, and crime to paralysis-inducing political correctness, fickle lovers, and domestic violence, Nobody Roots for Goliath is a serious-minded, absorbing novel that reads like a true story because it draws so heavily upon harsh reality. Why should an infinite God care whether mankind made ointments and perfumes like his or not? Just as one is good, another is bad. Cities and countries are as alive and feeling, as fickle and uncertain as people. He is vicious and fickle, and I do not like to feel that any of us should be in his power. We are told in the thirtieth chapter of Exodus, that the Lord commanded Moses to take myrrh, cinnamon, sweet calamus, cassia, and olive oil, and make a holy ointment for the purpose of anointing the tabernacle, tables, candlesticks and other utensils, as well as Aaron and his sons; saying, at the same time, that whosoever compounded any like it, or whoever put any of it on a stranger, should be put to death.
Why do you need a rank or a status to tell others who you are? The fickle hand of Fate came in between just in time to share in the matter. Query, but is it constancy where there is no temptation to be fickle? It is a fickle ally at best, and to rely on its support is to lean on a split reed. Dumaresque agreed that it was true of any fancy, to one of fickle nature. They had their problems and we have ours. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance. Their degrees of love and devotion are as varying as with any human relation. Of these the forms should be fixed, and not allowed to depend on the fickle breath of the multitude.
Victor Lamont's fickle fancy for his companion had been a short-lived one. Why should the Creator of all things threaten to kill a priest who approached his altar without having washed his hands and feet? People think some of the Old Testament laws are absurd now because we live in a very different culture, a different time period. Take away the things and the status and see who notices you. Any devil can love, whom he himself sees as, a good person who has treated him well, but to love also the polar opposite is what separates love from fickle emotions. These commandments and these penalties would disgrace the vainest tyrant that ever sat, by chance, upon a throne. Vere, Artois thought, might be violent, but would not be fickle.
In the same chapter, the Lord furnishes Moses with a recipe for making a perfume, saying, that whoever should make any which smelled like it, should be cut off from his people. Emotions have a great purpose - to allow us to enjoy life, to mourn loss, to have a tangible way to experience love - but feelings are fickle, and they are not meant to be the guiding force in our life. . It was all over, and he had to bear the loss of the fickle girl as best he might. Why concern yourself with the capricious opinions of others who are less impressed with who you really are and more impressed by the carefully crafted image you present to them - an image that is entirely surface with no inherent value? God is constant but man is not, and he foreknew the ever-changing world his people would have to deal with; therefore, and if there is indeed an omniscient God, a Christ-like figure would be our only rational, possible connection to a constant, holy God throughout the evolution of culture and social law.
This, to me, sounds so unreasonable that I cannot believe it. She did not understand the workings of Pee-wee's active and fickle mind. . . . . .


As much as we'd all like to quit smoking and be free of nicotine addiction within a few weeks, it just doesn't work that way. It is possible to change the relationship we had with cigarettes and know that we'll never smoke again soon after quitting, but we still have to do the work of breaking down the years of habit we've built up around nicotine addiction. The only way out is through.
Most of us spent decades smoking and have developed hundreds (if not thousands) of links between tobacco and everything in our lives, from the smallest to the biggest. We sure feel it early on in cessation too, when every thought and action reminds us of smoking. We wonder if we'll ever truly be free of tobacco because it feels like that pull to feed the addiction will never go away.
Take heart. The ties that bind us can absolutely be broken...permanently. It takes some time, but not all that much when you think about how many years most of us spent smoking.
I always tell folks to devote the entire first year to healing from nicotine addiction. All of it. Does that mean you'll be miserable for a whole year? No, but it does mean that it takes that long to move through the majority of activities and events in our daily lives that trigger thoughts of smoking. Some of the triggers will let go easily and some will be tenacious, but can all be reprogrammed with time and practice.
So, what are we talking about when we refer to firsts? Just about everything. There is the first long drive or plane ride without smoking. The first smoke-free vacation. The first presentation, meeting or performance without smoking. The first argument managed without a cigarette, and the first smoke-free day of yard work without smoke breaks. From daily living to seasonal events, we have to go through those firsts to get through them.
Maneuvering through year one also involves dealing with triggers that are related to specific seasons and the events (and emotions) that are tied to them. Think Thanksgiving or the annual office holiday party. Triggers can surprise us when we participate in hobbies or activities that are seasonal too, like gardening or skiing. Even doing the annual taxes can be thought of as seasonal and produce triggers to smoke.
I was 8 months into cessation when I experienced a seasonal craving. It was my first smoke-free summer and while painting a room for the first time since quitting, I was surprised to find that all I could think about was lighting up every time I took a break. It was uncomfortable, in part because it had been months since I'd had a craving to smoke, but also because the urge to smoke was strong. It scared me a little - I felt blindsided. Once I got through that first day of painting smoke-free though, that particular trigger was cleared and never returned.
And that is how it works: we have to practice smoke-free life in order to change those ingrained associations. We can't rewire the circuitry until the trigger presents itself. Once it does and we deal with it, the trigger either melts away or weakens, depending on the strength of the particular emotion/association.
Once we make our way through the first calendar year of smoking cessation, 99 percent of the associations we've built up over the years will have been faced down and restructured into healthier coping mechanisms.
Not a bad deal, when you think about it. With a healthy mindset and the willingness to heal the habits that are associated with smoking, a year is about all that's needed to set a foundation that will comfortably support you for the rest of your smoke-free life. Spend some time reading the one-year smoke-free milestone accounts here. You'll quickly see that the majority of them have a common theme of gratitude for the freedom from addiction they now enjoy. While many will tell you it's hard work, none of them ever say it's not worth it.
Keep in mind that we reach that one year mark by living our smoke-free lives just one day at a time. If you are early in your quit program and looking that far ahead is too intimidating, don't do it. Just know that healing from nicotine addiction takes time. Relax into your quit and vow to take each smoke-free day as it comes. It will serve you well.


India's foreign trade rose over 18 times since the launch of economic liberalisation programme in 1991 while the trade deficit widened by more than 22 times.
The country's foreign trade (export and import) has increased with an annual average growth rate of 13.42 per cent from $42 billion in 1990-91 to $765 billion in 2013-14.
However, trade deficit, the difference between imports and exports, jumped to $136 billion in 2013-14 from $6 billion in 1990-91, according to official data. Experts attributed declining growth of manufacturing sector to the widening of trade deficit.
"The growth of India's manufacturing sector' declined continuously. From 23-24 per cent share in the GDP, it came down to about 15 per cent currently. This was the main reason for ballooning trade gap," Ajay Sahai, Director General & CEO of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said.
He said that free trade agreements too have impacted the country's trade balance. Rise in imports, including oil, has contributed to rise in the country's trade deficit.
India had trade deficit with as many as 80 countries, including China, Australia and Iraq in 2012-13.
In the last few years, global economic crisis, the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the slowdown in developed economies have adversely impacted demand for India's exports.
Further, the countries with which India has favourable trade balance in 2013-14 includes the US, Singapore, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, UK, Kenya, Nepal and Vietnam.
Whereas in 1990-91, countries which have imported more from India than exported includes USSR, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Mauritius, Spain, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
During April-November this fiscal, India's imports were up 4.65 per cent to $316.37 billion, while exports were up 5.02 per cent to $215.75 billion.
Trade deficit during this period stood at $100.61 billion as against $96.89 billion in the same period last fiscal.
High trade deficit impacts exchange rate and foreign exchange reserve position.